Jennifer Lindshield

soprano

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Soprano Jennifer Lindshield has been described as having a
voice with “great communicative color”. A rising soprano
quickly gaining momentum in both Europe and the United States,
Ms. Lindshield brings a rich, unique timbre and individual
interpretations to her performances.

The 2015/16 season brings her role debut of "Diva" in SOAP
with performances in Berlin and at the Israeli Opera
House. She will continue her role in the upcoming show WET
with performances in Essen, Hannover, Münster, and Munich
throughout the 2016/17 season. Other performances this season
include Kurt Weill: The Journey to America in Berlin, Paris
and New York, and chamber concerts with the Festival le chant
de la rive in St. Pol de Leon.

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Recent past engagements include the role of "Lia" in
Debussy's L'enfant prodigue with Sakrale Oper Berlin, "Erste
Dame" in Die Zauberflöte with the Bellingham Music Festival,
The Bard Laid Bare with American Opera Projects, and she made
her Carnegie Hall debut with the role of "Donna Anna" in Don
Giovanni with Pacific Opera. On the concert stage, she was the
soprano soloist in Mozart's Great Mass in C minor with the
Wichita Chamber Chorale, Zemlinsky's Maiblumen blühten
überall with the chamber ensemble, Les Alchimistes Berlin,
Handel's Messiah and Bach's St. Matthew's Passion at the
Messiah Festival of the Arts in Kansas.

Notable recognitions include the Arizona Opera Young Artist
award and regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National
Council Auditions. She performed in the Aspen Music Festival
as both a violinist in the Sinfonietta and as a soprano with
the Aspen Opera Theatre Center and was a member of the Wichita
Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Lindshield holds degrees in Voice and
Violin Performance from Wichita State University and in Opera
Performance from Arizona State University. Notable conductors
with whom she has worked include Michael Palmer, James Conlon,
Julius Rudel, and Joel Revzen. Directors with whom she has
worked include Ed Berkeley, Isabel Milensky, Garnett Bruce and
Marie King.

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Ms. Lindshield began her musical studies with the violin and
piano at the age of four. A native of Lindsborg, Kansas, she
received a B.M. in both Voice and Violin Performance from
Wichita State University and a M.M. in Opera Performance from
Arizona State University. During her studies, she was a
finalist in the Naftger Competition, a regional finalist in
the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, both a
violinist and soprano at the Aspen Music Festival, and a
member of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra.